Buy this, buy that!

We all see infomercials, commercials, ads, billboards, pop-ups on our computers, no matter where we are, we see something telling us that we need it. Marketing is a complex mix of psychology, politics, current trends, time of year, and the demographic you wish to reach.
Example: when advertising things such as nerf guns, you picture children playing with them, but as of late, that former population of children are now teens, so in all the ads, all the models are teen boys. Its a subtle way to identify with a demographic that's grown up, and it also draws in little kids who see that and think "big kids like that, therefore it must be cool!" But if you want to sell a product similar to nerf guns, you have to use teens who look as though they've really been fighting, thus making it realistic and pulling in the people who want to have that "awesome" feeling of actually fighting.

When selling makeup or other such products (shampoo, deodorant, and other hygiene items) you use an attractive actor, if it's a man, typically tall, well cut, dark haired, and with a brown haired, beautiful woman who is about as tall as his neck. This is a subliminal message to our subconscious that by using this product a beautiful person will find you immediately attractive. With women's products, it's typically a blond woman, and a dark haired man (again), who is taller than the woman, but only up to his chin. He also appears to be utterly transfixed by the woman using the product. Another subliminal message that this product will make you totally individualized and noticeable to other people, thus tricking the people who fall for these marketing gimmicks to buy the product.

Vacations. Who doesn't love them? Don't the ads they show make you just wanna pack up your bags and go?
Good. That means it worked. Vacations are different from makeup. They don't want you to think you're extraordinary for using the product. They want you to think ordinary people go on extraordinay trips, so they use people, who are maybe semi attractive (real people) to say "hey, this can be you!" and coupled with cheap rates, they're right. You go the vacation, and they make more ads.

What they don't tell you, is that the real point of marketing is to tell you you're stupid, and still trick you into buying their product. They do this by advertising something unnecessary that they tell you that you need or you'll be stuck dealing with horribly undesirable bruised banana's (NOOOOOO!)
See the banana case, which you obviously need.

All the time in the world

As I sit here doing homework, my mind drifts to one thing I never forget, the one thing that helps me whenever I feel lost....














Star Trek






Yes, I'm a nerd, but what's the blog called? You should've expected it. Anyway, as much as I love Star Trek, the one thing they never seem to get right is temporal mechanics or how the time stream works. Example: Commander Sisko (Deep Space 9, Past Tense Pt 1) ends up in the past with 2 other crewmembers, while the rest are stranded in the present. While in the past an important historical figure dies, thus changing the future, and the crewmembers in the present are the ones who see the change and are unaffected by it.
Statement: if the figure died in the past, then the future would have already corrected itself, thus insuring that they would never have existed or happened, unless they fixed what had happened. (which is what happens and the present is saved) in other words, if the issue is corrected, then the future is unaffected, but the future is never saved until the Character fixes it, then the future is corrected and everything is ice cream and candy.
This is a recurring theme in dozens of episodes, and while it does make the episode more exciting, it bothers people like me. (and by people, I mean me) If something happens over the course of a year in the past, the future changes instantly. Time literally happens in a second; for example, if I post this, all of you will prolly have chuckled by now and thought, "nerd" but if I don't, you'll never call me a nerd this one time, and your grandchildren won't go to Harvard. What we do affects the future in infinite ways, even not doing anything affects it.

Don't forget to comment if you want to get your grandchildren into Harvard.

My first blog post.

Title says it all. I truly don't know what to say beyond what'll be telling you about on my blog. I'll review movies, literature of any kind, video games, anything I happen to see, and maybe a little philosophy/politics. I'll try to post once a week, and at least 3 times a month. I'll recommend websites, things I find interesting, talk about things I see and do, and post funny pictures. Anyway, welcome to the Nerd Circus, no refunds on tickets, tickets are free, and any therapist bills are your own.